Documenting Fraternal and Benevolent Ancestry - James Morgan III and Jari Honora

Jari C.Honora and James Morgan III will discuss a step by step guide to documenting fraternal society participation of ancestors and relatives as well as offer tips and tricks on how to locate documents in this field of study. They will show that through understanding fraternal happenings in state and local communities, researchers will be able to get a better understanding of not only who their ancestors were, but also a better understanding of relatives contributions to society at large.

James Morgan III is a Prince Hall Mason serving as Worshipful Master of Corinthian Lodge #18 in Washington, D.C. and as the Worshipful Associate Grand Historian of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia.  Mr. Morgan is a member of the Phylaxis Society, the only independent research organization dedicated to study African American Freemasonry and Fraternalism and has published several critically acclaimed research papers in their journal.   He recently co-wrote and published the 2016 book “The Greatest Prince Hall Mason of the 20th Century”.  

Jari C. Honora is a New Orleans native and proud Louisiana Creole with roots dating back more than two centuries along Bayou LaFourche and the German-Acadian Coast. He is a member of several societies including the Louisiana Historical Society and CreoleGen, which maintains a popular blog, CreoleGen.org.  He serves as an officer in a variety of other organizations including the Association of St. Augustine Alumni. He serves as National Historian for the Knights of Peter Claver and is writing a history of that organization. 

Music - Sweet Mellow Spice with A. K. Alexander Productions